The Organisation of Civil Accounts Employees Represented by AICAEA and AICAEACATII

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

3 DAYS DHARNA BYPAO, MINISTRY OF HEALTH
& FAMILY WELFARE, KOLKATA

AICAEA, PAO, Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare Unit, Kolkata organised three days Dharna from 21st to
23rd January2015 on the demand of filling up of vacant posts
and grant of pay as per the rate prescribed by the Ministry of Labour to those
Data Entry Operators who have been engaged through contractor. Data Entry
Operators are not only getting less pay but also lesser than their counterparts
working in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare itself.

LAUNCH HOUR
DEMONOSTRATION UNDER THE BANNER OF NFCAA WEST BENGAL BRANCH ON 23RD JANUARY
2015

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

RED SALUTE: COM. I.S.BILTORIA

With profound
sorrow, we would like to inform all that Com. I. S. Biltoria, ex-Additional
Secretary General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and
ex-Branch Secretary, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Delhi
Branch expired on 10th January 2015. He had retired from service
in the year 1998. He was suffering from various age related ailments.

A Condolence
meeting was organised by the NFCAA headquarters in the Central Office of the
AICAEA, New Delhi on 23rd January 2015. Com. S. Bandyopadhyay, ex-
Finance Secretary and Permanent invitee presided over the Meeting.

BSNL,
the telecom PSU, fully owned by the government, is facing serious difficulties
both financially as well as in providing a satisfactory service to the
customers.

BSNL, though being
the market leader both in landlines and Broadband, is far below major private
telecom operators, with only less than 10% of market share. The Company is in
loss for the last 4 years, with an accumulated loss of about Rs. 28,000/-
crores, though in the first seven years, it had earned more than Rs. 48,000/-
crores as profit.

The loss of market
share and also poor service have been mainly due to the non-procurement of
essential mobile equipment, broadband modem, cables, dropwire, telephone
instrument, towers etc. BSNL though granted licence for mobile connections only
in 2002, after 7 years of the same granted to private companies, forged ahead
with positive growth and became the second biggest mobile connection provider
and was almost going to became number one. But the Central Government denied
its permission to purchase mobile and other equipments and ensured that no
development and expansion takes place in order to allow the private players to
move ahead.

The Government went
back from all its promises to financially assist BSNL for its loss making
connections in rural areas, which was socially necessary for universal service.
Further the government in rural areas, which was socially necessary for
universal service. Further the government took away the more than Rs. 40,000/-
crores of surplus cash balance with BSNL on one plea or another putting BSNL
unable to purchase equipment to expand and develop.

The inefficiency of
BSNL top management, who do not belong to BSNL and are mainly ITS (Indian
Telecom Service) officers on deputation from Government has worsened the
situation. Many of them are influenced by the private telecom companies,
resulting in a precarious situation.

The Forum of BSNL
Unions/Associations have been taking up all these issues both with the
Government and BSNL Management. The BSNL workers went on a one day successful
strike on 11th July, 2007, only on the demand of procuring mobile
connections and developmental issues, which resulted in some temporary results.
Both the earlier UPA and the present NDA government are continuously taking
pro-private and anti- BSNL decisions making BSNL financially unviable and
crippling its services.

The Forum of BSNL
Unions & Associations of Non-Executives and Executives had organized
several agitational programmes to pressurize government and Management to take
suitable decisions for the Revival of Bonus. Since there is no response, the
Forum has decided further programme of agitation as follows:-

(1)3 days
Dharna at all SSA Offices (District) Circle Offices (State) capitals and at
BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi from 6th to 8th January,
2015.

(2)A Parliament
March by thousands of BSNL workers on 25th February, 2015.

(3)Indefinite Strike from 17th
March, 2015.

It is also decided
to submit a Memorandum signed by more than one crore people and employees to
the Prime Minister on the day of the Parliament March with demands for taking
necessary measures for Revival of BSNL. A massive SAVE BSNL Campaign is also
being organized.

The forum of BSNL
Union/Association, New Delhi has sought support and solidarity in the SAVE BSNL
Campaign and the programmes of action. You are requested to extend support to
the SAVE BSNL Campaign being organized by BSNL Unions/Associations.

Letters to the authorities by All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association for formal meetings

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association

(RECOGNISED
BY GOVT. OF INDIA)

CENTRAL HEADQUARTER

Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No.
9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: - Address for Communication:-

16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, 17/2 – C, P & T
Quarters,

New Delhi: - 110011 Kali
Bari Marg, New
Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2015/51 Dated:
21.01.2015

To,

Shri Jawahar Thakur,

Controller
General of Accounts,

Ministry
of Finance,

Department
of Expenditure,

Loknayak
Bhawan,

Khan
Market,

New
Delhi – 110003

Subject:- Request for convening meeting with the
National Executives of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All
India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category – II.

Sir,

A
meeting between the official side of CGA office and the National Executive
members of the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India
Civil Accounts Employees Association Category-II was held on 17th
July 2014. But, it is more than six months majority of the issues discussed in
that meeting have not yet been settled. Moreover, a few items have been
recorded as closed by the official side unilaterally while issuing the minutes
of the meeting.

The
apex level policy formulating forum of both the Associations undertook a
thorough review of the items discussed in the above referred meeting and
thereafter, directed me to request you to convene a meeting with the
representatives of the Associations atleast within the last week of February
2015 for review of the status of the items discussed in earlier meeting and
discussion of fresh items and their settlement too.

As
some of the items discussed earlier have undergone change due to change in the situations,
the issues we propose to discuss in the meeting are being submitted
shortly.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

(V.
Bhattacharjee)

Secretary General

Copy
to all Federal Executive members.

All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association

(RECOGNISED
BY GOVT. OF INDIA)

CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS

Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No.
9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: - address for Communication:-

16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, 17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,

New Delhi: - 110011 Kali Bari Marg, New
Delhi-110001

No:
AICAEA/HQ/A-3/2015/52-55 Dated: 21.01.2015

To,

Shri P. Sudhir Kumar,

Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,

Central Board of Excise and Customs,

R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,

A.G.C.R. Building,

I.P. Estate,

New Delhi – 110002

Subject:- Settlement of the 20 Point Charter of Demands concerning
with the employees working under the setup of Pr. CCA, CBEC.

Sir,

I have been directed
to invite your kind attention on our earlier correspondances relating to
settlement of 20 Point Charter of Demands concerning with the Civil Accounts
Employees working under the setup of Pr. CCA, CBEC and state that, when a
delegation of this Association comprising Shri V. Bhattacharjee, Secretary
General, Shri N.K. Sharma, Finance Secretary and Shri S.C. Bamrara, Asstt.
Secretary General had met the CCA, CBEC on 15th January 2015 in her
chamber in presence of other officers and unit President of AICAEA, CBEC Unit,
Delhi and requested her to settle the long pending issues, she had kindly asked
this Association to make a fresh request to your good-self for convening
meeting with the representatives of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All
India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category-II.

Therefore,
I request you to convene the meeting at your earliest convenience and intimate
us the date atleast a fortnight ahead so that our National Executive Members
from other stations are also able to take part in the meeting.

For
your ready reference, the 20 Point Charter of Demands is enclosed herewith.

Thanking
you,

Yours
faithfully,

Enclo: as above

(V.Bhattacharjee)

Secretary
General

Copy to:-

1.The Secretary, Department of
Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, North Block, New Delhi –
110001.

Subject:- Injustice to newly
recruited Accountant in respect of 1st increment of service life –
Request for redressal regarding.

Sir,

I
am directed to draw your kind attention to the fact that the newly recruited Accountants
are allowed 1st increment of his service career from 1st
day of July in any year that comes after passing of his departmental
confirmatory Examination though they may otherwise eligible for such increment
on the 1st day of July of the previous year. As illustration it can
be said that if an Accountant joins in November – 2013, the present systems of
examination etc. makes him eligible to sit for Departmental Confirmatory Examination
only in the beginning of the year of 2014. This results his increment w.e.f. 1st
July 2014 i.e. after 17/18 month from his date of joining service. This is
grossly against sprit of all ideas related to such Confirmatory Examination and
highly demoralizing.

Under
such circumstances, I would request you to issue orders to effect the increment
retrospectively i.e. from the 1st day of July that comes immediately
after joining of six month of a newly recruited Accountant who qualified the
Department Confirmatory Examination.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

(V.
Bhattacharjee)

Secretary General

All India Civil Accounts
Employees Association

(RECOGNISED
BY GOVT. OF INDIA)

CENTRAL HEADQUARTER

Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No.
9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: - Address for Communication:-

16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, 17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,

New Delhi: - 110011 Kali
Bari Marg, New
Delhi-110001

No:
AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2014/4 Dated: 02.01.2015

To,

Shri
Jawahar Thakur,

Controller General of Accounts,

Ministry of Finance,

Department of Expenditure,

Loknayak Bhawan,

Khan Market,

New Delhi – 110003

Subject:-
Clarification with regard to 2nd ACP to Senior Accountants of CCAS
cadre appointed as Accountant on the basis of Limited Departmental Competitive
Examination.

I have
been directed to refer to the above and
draw your kind attention to the following few lines in the matter of
grant of IInd financial upgradation
under ACPs to those who were appointed as Junior Accountants on the basis of
the results of Departmental Competitive Examination conducted by the SSC during
the years 1981 & 1982-

1.The candidates who had qualified the Departmental
Competitive Examination for the posts of Junior Accountants conducted by the
Staff Selection Commission during the year 1981 & 1982 against direct
recruitment quota of different departments of Civil Accounts Organization are
required to be equated with the Junior Accountants who were directly recruited
through the examination conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for
recruitment to the post of Junior Accountant as the standard and method of both
the examinations were similar at that point of time.

2.Clarification No. 8 of the DOPT O.M. No.
35034/1/97/Estt. (D) Vol-IV dated 10th February 2000 states that, if
relevant Recruitment Rules provide for filling up of vacancies by direct
recruitment, induction of a person from lower grade in the next grade through
Limited Departmental Competitive examination may be treated as direct
recruitment for the purpose of ACPs. In
such cases, service rendered in a lower pay scale shall not be counted for the
purpose of benefit under ACPs. Not only this, the said order nowhere states
that the benefit under ACPs shall be limited to those incumbents only where
there is a change of their cadre/service.

3.The CCAs (Group – C) Recruitment Rules provides for
filling up of vacancies in the grade of Accountant through direct recruitment
and it fulfills the requirements stated in the clarification No. 8 of the DOPT
O.M. No. 35034/1/97/Estt. (D) Vol – IV dated 10th February 2000.

4.The scheme of granting ACP was introduced in the year
1998-1999, whereas the officials who have qualified the departmental
competitive examination prior to the issuance of the DOPT orders should in no
way be deprived of this benefit. In fact, the clarification was specifically
meant for such officials only.

5.The benefit of the scheme has already been implemented
in CGA’s organizations itself. Examples are as below:-

ii)CBDT: - Pr. CBDT,
New Delhi office order No. Admn.ii/5-23/ACP/Sr.Acctt/2005-06/486 dated
16/23.03.2007 granted IInd financial upgradation with effect from 06/08.07.2007
to Shri S.N. Kaulgud, ZAO, CBDT, Pune. He had qualified the departmental
competitive examination conducted by the SSC in the year 1982. Incidentally, it
may be placed for your information and record that Shri S.N. Kaulgud of PAO,
CBDT (Roll No – 018 rank No.-11) was granted 2nd ACP but Shri
Subhash Chander Bamrara (Roll No. 010 rank No.-6) at present working under CCA,
Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi has been deprived of the same benefit
while both of them had qualified the same examination in the year 1982.

iii)Min.Home Affairs: - Though there is no
specific example readily available with us, but many employees of Ministry of
Home Affairs were also extended the said benefit by the then Heads of The
Departments.

Decisions
by all the heads of the Departments had been taken with the concurrence of the
Controller General of Account. There may be many others who might have been
accorded the benefit of 2nd ACP and as on record only a handful of
employees have been kept out of the benefit at present.

Therefore,
on behalf of this Association, I seek
your personal intervention into the matter and requests you to kindly take a
favorable decision of extending the benefit to the left out and deprived
section of employees as a onetime measure so that they could be able to get rid
of the feelings of discrimination they have been suffering from due to
non-receipt of their legitimately due benefit on par with their batch mates.

For a kind and early favourable decision of yours, this
Association shall be highly thankful to you.